Among some people bathing for strength was a man named Kâhâ's!î. He was very poor. The people bathed continually in preparation for war. He, however, was very miserable. When the others came out of the water they always laughed at him. He kept urinating in his sleep. He was always turned over on one side. It was when all were asleep that he went down to the water. When he got very cold he came ashore and went to sleep. And when daylight was coming on he threw his urine under him. Then it always ran out from under him. They kept bathing for strength in war. His friends used to whip each other in the water with boughs. They tried their strength on a big tree having a dead branch growing out from it which they called the tree-penis. And when they ran ashore out of the water they always kicked him (Kâhâ's!î) out of their way. "When will this man break off the tree-penis?" [they said].
This is all.
289:a For a longer version see story 31, pp. 145-150. 291:a That is, it is used as a crest and imitated at feasts.
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